This watchdog blog, by journalist Norman Oder, offers analysis, commentary, and reportage about the $4.9 billion project to build the Barclays Center arena and 16 high-rise buildings at a crucial site in Brooklyn. Dubbed Atlantic Yards by developer Forest City Ratner in 2003, it was rebranded Pacific Park in 2014 after the Chinese government-owned Greenland Group bought a 70% stake in 15 towers. New York State still calls it Atlantic Yards. Contact: AtlanticYardsReport[at]hotmail.com

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Let's say you might live near the corner of Carlton Avenue and Pacific Street. Construction hours in New York City start at 7 am.

But it's common for deliveries to arrive sooner to the Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park project.

On Friday, 1/8/15, as shown in this video, an 18-wheeler delivering rebar for the 535 Carlton site came south on Carlton at 5 am but couldn't immediately turn in the open gate. It started backing up, beeping loudly, and disturbing the peace. Eventually it entered the gate.

(By the way, a partial stop work order exists on the property, after the site safety manager on 1/7/16 reported that a material coming of the building hit a car window shield.)